Garcia appointed to Board Director position

The West Valley Water District (WVWD) Board of Directors recently announced that it has appointed Angela Garcia, an experienced, professional engineering geologist with over 20 years of government agency experience, to fill its vacant Division One board position.

“Director Garcia is a highly qualified individual with years of technical, government, and outreach experience,” said WVWD Board President Channing Hawkins. “We’re excited to work with Director Garcia to provide more communities of the Inland Empire with safe, sustainable, affordable and reliable water for decades to come.”

Director Garcia, who holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Geology with an emphasis in Environmental Hydrogeology from California State University Fullerton and California State University Los Angeles respectively, not only brings advanced technical experience to her position, but is ready to put her years of government and community engagement experience to further action. In her new position as WVWD Board Director, Garcia now represents Division One which includes the communities of Fontana, Bloomington and Jurupa Valley.

“It’s an honor to be trusted with serving and representing the public in the management of our world’s most critical resource: water,” said Board Director Garcia. “As water demand rises and sourcing additional water becomes ever more difficult, it’s my priority to connect with local ratepayers and utilize every resource we can to improve water reliability.”

In addition to her duties as WVWD director, Garcia serves on the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Environmental Justice Inter-Agency Task Force and as an engineering geologist for the State of California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal EPA) Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), where she plans, organizes and initiates inspections, investigations and enforcement activities at hazardous waste, storage and disposal facilities. She also reviews facility permits, sampling and analysis plans and conducts ground water audits. Prior to this position, Garcia worked for Cal EPA DTSC as a senior engineering geologist and as a project manager for nearly two decades.

Garcia fills the Division One board position left by former WVWD Board of Directors Vice President Kyle Crowther, who accepted an out-of-state job opportunity in December.